[ColdOne]

I think you may be correct. It had modifications I think.

[Mamzelle]

From what I read and understand, the "heroic" Jimmy Leeward put many modifications on the plane, which went unreported to the race organizers and the plane also went *without inspection* by the race organizers...or inspected incompetently.

Leeward was a cheat, IMO, a dangerous hot-dogging cheat. Why no comment on this rotten, selfish old fart here, who ultimately killed so many people, and left others with life-changing injury?

This is ridiculous.

I suppose it's the old pilot culture, "my passion is flight and my noisy flying toys, and get out of my way, who cares who dies? My passion, my agenda... "

These hot-doggers are super-rich, and buy their toys with corporation LLCs to avoid lawsuits when they kill people on the ground.

They disgust me. Shame on them. I hope the lawyers find a way around the LLCs.